Running Wireless and Wired eth connections at the same time
John Summerfield
debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Thu Oct 18 02:31:05 UTC 2007
Ed Greshko wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote:
>
>>> Since responding with one liners isn't helpful and you don't want to
>>> spoon
>>> feed people but want to be paid to be "really" helpful...then try not
>>> posting. It will be easier for all involved.
>> It would be easier for all (including the beginners) if people with
>> problems made a decent effort to find out for themselves. There's not
>> much here that google doesn't already know about.
>
> Sure...but this is the "real world" and we all know that isn't going to
> happen no matter how many times it is suggested or how many "read before
> posting" notices are set.
>
> So, IMHO, if you are unwilling or unable to provide good advice then it is
> best to provide no advice at all.
I prefer to keep trying to educate them; if it keeps your inbox and mine
down, that's good. It won't stop everyone, I don't anticipate otherwise.
>
>> If people took a few minutes to google, they'd have their answers before
>> their questions got an answer, and that would be better for them.
>
> Well, maybe. What happens when the person does the google and then gets
> conflicting answers or an answer that conflicts with your answer? I think
> we all know that one cannot easily separate the correct from the incorrect
> in google response and that there certainly is a ton of bad information out
> in the internet world.
As I replied to Sam, then one has a better problem to describe and can
show you, Aaron and a few others I recall from some time ago that they
have, at least, made a decent effort to help themselves.
>
>>> FWIW, haven't you ever been a newbie?
>> yes, Ed. I said so. I also described how I learned to feed myself.
>
> Don't open a soup kitchen. :-)
My waist says I eat too well!
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Cheers
John
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